Friday, August 19, 2011

Marriage 301, Lecture 241: Grammar police

SH: But there's a sentence fragment! And you didn't put "Wisconsin" in the address!

Me: That's because they know they are in Wisconsin and they know [our town] is in Wisconsin. [Probably because our towns share the border of 124th Street.]

SH: And you just wrote "37 Street" instead of "37th."

Me: I know.

SH: But it's wrong!

Me: Not really. That's style preferences.

SH: You're supposed to be formal and perfect!

Me: It's not an engineering job. It's a job at a company that promotes itself as a fun place to work where they are trying to bring about world peace via food. I don't think they are looking for formal and rigid